Feed seal for bottom feed centrifuge
US4430071A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 27, 1982 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 27, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB04B1/12
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A nozzle type centrifuge having a bottom feed inlet to a main pumping chamber at the base of the machine for injecting the feed slurry to a rotor bowl having separator discs for effecting a two-fraction separation comprising an overflow at the top and an underflow at the peripheral mid portion of the bowl with a portion of the underflow delivered to a return pumping chamber beneath the main pumping chamber and seal means between said chambers to prevent dilution of the underflow fraction.
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